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To: Peter V who wrote (254172)	6/14/2010 8:28:19 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 306849

I don't consider any of the five to be small in nature when one considers where they were drilling. I'd say 5 major failures to follow normal and practical guidelines.

To: Peter V who wrote (254172)	6/14/2010 8:49:43 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

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To: Peter V who wrote (254172)	6/14/2010 9:32:30 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

Or even all 5 done on 10 different wells at a time (say they had a combined failure rate of 5%). But #11 got 'em, their composite cheapness caught up to them. The API has "best practices" for offshore drilling. BP chose to not follow them, nor listen to Halliburton or Schluberger representatives on site. They (BP) were the ticking time bomb, not necessarily Macondo, but one of their wells was gonna blow eventually with drilling "management" like that. No sympathy for the debbil from me......